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I'LL GO FAST.[CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PEDLIM - PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2026.UH, BALSHAW, FELIX, GARCIA AND JAEGER ARE HERE.
WE DO NOT HAVE QUORUM, UH, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE WITHOUT VOTING.
UM, GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO GIVE COMMENTS.
UH, CLERK HAS, UH, NOTIFIED ME THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, FOR THE PREVIOUS MEETING, AUGUST 5TH OF THIS YEAR.AND I'VE NOTED THAT NO ONE HAS ANY COMMENTS, UH, ON THOSE MINUTES, SO I APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, WITHOUT CHANGES.
UH, I WILL NOW, UH, THE NEXT ITEM HERE, CAN WE DO THE PRESENTATION EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT VOTING, BJORN? UM, SURE.
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE INFO ABOUT THE GRANT APPLICATIONS.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
NOW MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR FUNDING REQUESTS TO THE CALTRANS LOCAL HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT.
UH, I NOW INVITE, UH, STAFF TO PRESENT ON THIS TOPIC.
UM, DO NOT HAVE ANY SLIDES, BUT HAPPY TO BRING UP, UM, GOOGLE MAPS IF THAT'S HELPFUL FOR JUST, UH, JUST SHOWING THE LOCATIONS OF THESE PROJECTS.
UM, WE HAVE TONIGHT A REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT, UH, ONE FOR OUR APPLICATION TO THE CALTRANS HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH I WILL CALL HSIP AND THE CALTRANS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT.
UM, HCIP IS A, UH, A REALLY, A GOOD FUNDING SOURCE FOR US.
UM, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED, UH, THIS AWARD A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST.
UH, THE MOST RECENT AWARD INCLUDED FUNDING FOR, UM, THE CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS TO SNOWMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY THAT ARE, UH, ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, CITYWIDE SIGNAL UPGRADES, UH, WHICH IS ALSO GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION SOON AS PART OF THE SAME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AS THE SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO THIS COMES UP EVERY OTHER YEAR.
THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT HSIP IS THAT THEY, UH, EVERYTHING BOILS DOWN TO THE BENEFIT COST RATIO.
SO THEY WANT YOU TO, UM, PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF COLLISIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN RECENT YEARS.
AND, UM, THERE'S A FORMULA THEY USE TO BASICALLY CALCULATE LIKE A, A, A FINANCIAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE, UH, WITH THOSE COLLISIONS.
AND THEN, UM, TO CALCULATE THE B - THE BENEFIT COST RATIO, YOU THEN PROVIDE YOUR PROPOSED COUNTERMEASURES, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BASICALLY PREVENT THOSE COLLISIONS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE USING, UM, ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS.
AND, UH, THE OUTPUT IS THE, IS THE BCR.
EVERY YEAR, UH, DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS AND THE QUALITY OF APPLICATIONS THEY RECEIVE, CALTRANS WILL DETERMINE BASICALLY A CUTOFF, LIKE A MINIMUM BCR THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS LOOK BACK AT PAST YEARS.
WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE THINK THE CUTOFF WILL BE IN THIS CYCLE.
AND THEN THAT BASICALLY, THEN WE START GOING THROUGH AN EXERCISE WHERE WE START LOOKING AT ALL THE CRASHES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN RECENT YEARS, UH, FIGURING OUT THE ASSOCIATED COUNTERMEASURES AND TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THAT BENEFIT COST RATIO.
UM, SO FOR THAT PROJECT, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
UH, WE WERE, WE'VE LOOKED REALLY CLOSELY AT THE MCDOWELL CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF COLLISIONS THERE, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE HAVEN'T, UH, OR WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, UPCOMING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMEWHAT UNIQUE, WHEREAS ON A LOT OF OUR OTHER MAJOR ARTERIALS, WE DO HAVE UPCOMING PROJECTS, UM, MOST NOTABLY, YOU KNOW, PAVING PROJECTS OR OTHER, UM, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO LOOKING AT THE, THE MCDOWELL CORRIDOR, UH, WE HAD A FEW PROJECTS IN MIND, ONE OF WHICH WAS, UH, THE LYNCH, LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CROSSING WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY A PRIORITY PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS OUT THERE THAT, THAT COULD USE ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, AND THEN ONE THAT WASN'T REALLY ON OUR RADAR ON THAT CORRIDOR ENDED UP BEING, UH, THE INTERSECTION OF CASA GRANDE ROAD AND SOUTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD, WHICH HAS BEEN ON OUR,
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OUR RADAR AS A FUTURE, AS PART OF A FUTURE PAVING PROJECT.UH, WE, WE REALLY THINK THAT INTERSECTION HAS STRONG POTENTIAL FOR CONVERSION TO AROUND, FROM THE CURRENT MULTI-LANE ALL-WAY STOP CONFIGURATION TO A SINGLE LANE ROUNDABOUT.
UH, IT WOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY REALLY, REALLY STRONG SAFETY BENEFITS AND ALSO, UM, CONGESTION, UH, UH, CONGE - WOULD, WOULD RELIEVE CONGESTION, ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, SCHOOL, SCHOOL HOUR TRAFFIC.
UM, SO THAT PROJECT WASN'T, WHEN WE STARTED THIS EXERCISE, WAS NOT REALLY ON OUR RADAR, BUT THEN AS WE STARTED RUNNING THOSE, UH, THE NUMBERS, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COLLISIONS IN THAT INTERSECTION AND IT ACTUALLY SCORED REALLY WELL.
SO, UM, WE ENDED UP NARROWING IT DOWN TO THAT PROJECT AND THEN A, A NEW UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALK AT, UM, BERRYDALE DRIVE, WHICH WAS, UH, WE HAD A, A PEDESTRIAN FATALITY THERE, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE, UH, WHERE THERE'S NO MARKED CROSSWALK.
UM, SO THE, THOSE TWO PROJECTS, UH, IN TANDEM WITH ONE ANOTHER, UH, SCORE REALLY WELL.
WE DID LOOK AT EVERY UNCON - OTHER UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALK ON SOUTH MCDOWELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE DROP OUR SCORE BELOW, UH, WHAT WE THINK THE, THE BCR CUTOFF WILL BE.
UM, AND WE ACTUALLY LOOKED BEYOND JUST SOUTH MCDOWELL.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UM, OTHER AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO EITHER INSTALL NEW UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS OR MAKE ENHANCEMENTS TO EXISTING UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS.
UH, AND UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING REALLY PENCILED OUT.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT IS JUST, IS TO APPLY FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS, UM, AND AS PART OF OUR MAIN APPLICATION.
AND THEN WITH HCIP, YOU CAN ALSO DO A SECONDARY APPLICATION CALLED A SET ASIDE.
UM, OUR SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY IMPROVEMENTS WERE AN EXAMPLE OF A SET ASIDE.
UM, W - UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE PEDESTRIAN SET ASIDE, SO THAT'S ALLOWS YOU TO APPLY FOR UP TO $350,000 IN FUNDING FOR, UM, UH, SPECIFIC TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO DEMONSTRATE, UM, A BENEFIT COST RATIO.
UH, IT'S BASICALLY JUST, UM, UH, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S KIND OF MERIT-BASED.
UM, SO WE, UH, AT THIS POINT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS AS, UH, APPLYING FOR THAT AS A SET ASIDE PROJECT.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY CLOSELY, LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL FOR A NEW SIGNAL, LOOKED AT AN UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALK, OBVIOUSLY IN THE RECENT, UM, 101 CROSSING STUDY.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY OF AN UNDERCROSSING AND THE CONSULTANTS WHO WE'VE TALKED TO, UM, WE JUST, NO ONE'S BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A SIGNAL REALLY WORK THERE.
IT'S, IT'S BUSIER THAN WE'D LIKE FOR AN UNCONTROLLED CROSSING.
SO OUR CURRENT GAME PLAN IS TO APPLY TO, UM, BASICALLY RECONFIGURE THAT SECTION OF NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD TO CREATE MULTI-USE PATHWAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADWAY, UM, SO THAT AT THE VERY LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN MAKE USE OF THE LYNCH CREEK WAY, THE EXISTING SIGNAL, AND INSTEAD OF BIKING ON A SIDEWALK, THEY'D BE BIKING ON A, A WIDER MULTI-USE PATHWAY DOWN TO THAT SIGNAL.
UM, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL, IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED.
IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT WHAT, UM, I THINK ANY OF US ENVISIONED WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT EXERCISE WITH THE 101 CROSSING STUDY, UH, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T, IT, THE, THE REAL CHALLENGE THERE IS HOW CLOSE THAT TRAIL CROSSING IS TO AN EXISTING SIGNAL.
AND IT JUST, IT JUST MAKES IT A REALLY CHALLENGING LOCATION TO PUT IN A NEW, UH, A NEW CROSSING.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, WITH, WITH THE SET ASIDE APPLICATION, UH, ROUGHLY $350,000, WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO DO IS BASICALLY, UH, RECONFIGURING THE SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, UM, POSSIBLY NARROWING IT SLIGHTLY, MODIFYING ALL THE VEHICULAR LANES, NARROWING THOSE, BASICALLY SHIFTING THE ROAD.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WIDENING THAT SIDEWALK, UH, FROM THE BACK OF WALK, WE'RE GONNA BE WIDENING IT OUT INTO THE ROADWAY.
SO WE BASICALLY NEED THE ROADWAY TO SHIFT ABOUT FIVE FEET TO THE EAST, UH, AND WE, WE THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO OBVIOUSLY RECONFIGURE THE CURB RAMPS AT BOTH ENDS JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO MANEUVER ON AND OFF OF THE SIDEWALK, UM, AND, UH, AND MAKE THAT CROSSING THERE.
SO, UH, THAT'S OUR CURRENT GAME PLAN FOR, FOR HSIP, UH, THOSE TWO APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, THE OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITY IS THE CALTRANS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT, AND THIS IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY,
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THIS MONEY CAN BE USED BROADLY REALLY FOR ANY PLANNING EFFORT.UM, SO THIS COULD HAVE FUNDED, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR, UM, IT COULD ALSO FUND CORRIDOR STUDIES, UM, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE IT TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT 30% DESIGN.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY CAN'T USE IT FOR ANY SORT OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDING.
SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, IT RECOMMENDS SEVERAL CORRIDOR STUDIES, AND WE REALLY HAD CORRIDOR STUDIES IDENTIFIED ON STREETS WHERE WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE, UH, USUALLY BECAUSE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS CONSTRAINED OR BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSIER ROADS WHERE WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE A CLEAR CUT SOLUTION.
UM, SO, UH, LOOKING AT OUR, THE CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT PAVING PROJECTS WE HAVE COMING UP, UH, WE, WE THOUGH IT MADE, MAKE, WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO PRIORITIZE, UH, THE ENTIRETY OF THE EAST WASH - OF THE BODEGA, WASHINGTON, EAST WASHINGTON CORRIDOR.
UM, WE HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM SNOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE AUTHORITIES FOR ABOUT $4 MILLION TO REPAVE EAST WASHINGTON STREET.
THAT REALLY APPLIES TO THE CORE SECTION THAT'S IN BAD SHAPE FROM LAKEVILLE STREET TO, UM, JOHNSON STREET NEAR THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, BUT IT JUST SEEMED, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT WASHINGTON, WA- WA - THE WASHINGTON CORRIDOR IS, IS THE TYPE OF CORRIDOR YOU REALLY WANNA LOOK AT HOLISTICALLY, OBVIOUSLY.
SO, UM, SO WE JUST FIGURED THE TIME IS RIGHT TO START TO, UM, TO HAVE THAT CON - YOU KNOW, GET THIS MONEY, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS CORRIDOR SHOULD BE, CAN AND SHOULD BE, UM, AND THEN START DEVELOPING SOME, SOME CONCEPT PLANS.
SO, UM, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE RATIONALE BEHIND, UH, BEHIND THAT RECOMMEND- RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE MAXIMUM AWARD FOR THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT, I BELIEVE, IS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 700 OR 750,000 DOLLARS.
UH, IT DOES REQUIRE A, A SMALL LOCAL MATCH.
UM, THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS CORRIDOR AND WITH HOW MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I THINK WE'LL NEED AND, AND ANALYSIS AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, I THINK WE'D HAVE NO, NO PROBLEM, UH, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, S -
AND, AND REALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WASHINGTON, IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF LOOKING AT, WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE BIKE PED COMPONENTS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SIGNAL COORDINATION.
OBVIOUSLY THAT, I MEAN, WASH - THE WASHINGTON CORRIDOR IS THE, IS REALLY THE WORKHORSE OF OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE A KEY PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE PAST, UM, THE, THE AIA, UM, S- STAT REPORT, YOU KNOW, LOOKED VERY CLOSELY AT THE POTENTIAL OF THE WASHINGTON CORRIDOR, HOW IT COULD BE REIMAGINED.
SO, UM, IT'S, HOPEFULLY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.
I, I DO THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY EXCITING, UM, UH, STUDY TO GO THROUGH, NOT, IT'S NOT JUST, DEFINITELY NOT A STUDY THAT WILL, UM, SIT ON A SHELF.
IT'S ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN USE TO, AT, AT THE VERY LEAST, TO INFLUENCE THAT UPCOMING PAVING PROJECT AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, UH, AREAS OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, YOU ALL CAN'T VOTE ON AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR TO SIGN A LETTER TONIGHT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, UM, SOLICIT FEEDBACK ON BOTH OF THESE.
UH, AMBER, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE, UH, GRANT PROPOSALS, ADAM? YES, GO AHEAD.
THE, I, I JUST DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
WHAT, WHICH WAS THE ONE THAT HAD THE, UM, PEDESTRIAN FATALITY TWO YEARS AGO? UM, NEAR BARRY, SOUTH MCDOWELL NEAR BERRYDALE.
UM - NEAR THE, THERE'S A FIRE STATION THERE.
DA- DAVID, OKAY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? GO AHEAD, ADAM.
OH, YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR SOME PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON THAT SECTION, THE LYNCH CREEK WAY CROSSING AT, UH, NORTH MCDOWELL.
SO ANYTHING IS, SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.
UH, THE, THE THING THAT I'M CONSIDERING ALSO IS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE ADDED ON
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TO THAT SECTION EVEN TEMPORARILY FOR SAFETY MEASURES.I'VE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK AND SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF JUST, UM, BEING VERY CLOSE TO TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING AT A VERY HIGH SPEED AND WITH LITTLE KIDS TRYING TO GO TO TRADER JOE'S.
SO IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE WAY OF WHERE THIS IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CAN BE SOMEWHAT NERVE-WRACKING.
UM, SO, UH, AND I'VE, YEAH, HEARD THAT AS WELL KIND OF FROM, I THINK THE, THE PART THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST CONSIDERING SOME BARRIER, SOME SIMPLE GUARDRAIL OR SOMETHING, WHATEVER'S EASY AND CHEAP IDEALLY TO JUST CREATE NOT JUST THE PERCEPTION OF SAFETY, BUT IDEALLY SOME REAL SAFETY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME SEPARATION THERE.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS JUST A LITTLE JARRING COMING FROM SUCH A NICE, PLEASANT RIDE
UH, AND I THINK, I FEEL LIKE I JUST HAVE TO, I BELIEVE I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THE EAST WASHINGTON.
I'M WITHIN 500 FEET OF THERE, MY, WHERE I LIVE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT, I THINK THAT'S, WHERE THAT IS.
UH, YEAH, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JORN, SO, UM, WE CAN MOVE.
UH, I WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, WHICH AS A REMINDER, UH, IS, UH, ABOUT SIGNING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR FUNDING REQUESTS TO THE CALIFORNIA LOCAL HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ALSO THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT.
UH, THE PUBLIC IS NOW INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
AND I WILL ALSO ASK THE CLERK IF WE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
I NOW INVITE, UH, PUBLIC MEMBERS TO COME UP, BUT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN NO CARDS, SO THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.
UH, I NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENT DISCUSSION.
UM, IT IS NOW A NON-VOTING ITEM.
UH, FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE NOTED IN MEETING MINUTES.
YEAH, WE SORT OF HAD A PRE-DISCUSSION.
I'D SAY, UH, WE, WE CAN'T VOTE TO HAVE THIS SIGNED BY THE COMMITTEE, BUT, UH, I CERTAINLY AM HAPPY TO SIGN IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, NOT REPRESENTING THE COMMITTEE AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVING FOUR PEOPLE SIGN IT WOULD LOOK BETTER THAN JUST HAVING ONE COMMITTEE SIGN IT.
UH, WOULD YOU JUST CIRCULATE THAT VIA EMAIL AND WE CAN - YEAH.
REVIEW AND SIGN? THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I CAN, I CAN SEND OUT A, A TEMPLATE.
AND YOU CAN TAILOR IT AS YOU SEE FIT.
SO IT'LL BE SIGNED BY YOU, NOT BY THE - YES.
NOT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO MAKE EDITS TO IT.
UM, AND THAT CLOSES THAT AGENDA ITEM.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
COMMENT.AND DURING COMMITTEE COMMENT, MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO BRIEFLY SHARE UPDATES RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE, INCLUDING REPORTS FROM OTHER CITY BODIES AND MAKE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
AMBER, ANYTHING TO BRING? OKAY.
DAVID? UM, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE NORTH SMART STATION, UM, SPECIFIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, BUT I, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MCDOWELL BJORN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR, UH, UP TO WASHINGTON IS INCLUDED IN WHAT THEY'RE EVALUATING.
SO, UM, I, I MEAN, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT, I KNOW THIS IS THE PRIOR ITEM, SORRY, BUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND TURNING THAT INTO JUST LOOKING AT IT LIKE A MULTI-USE TO GET TO THE INTERSECTION, I ASSUME THAT, I MEAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD INTERIM MEASURE.
UM, LIKE YOU SAID, PROBABLY NOT WHAT WE ALL WANT, BUT I THINK THAT, THAT HAVING GONE THROUGH THE AREA A LOT, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP A LOT, ACTUALLY, WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, WE WIN THAT ONE.
UM, AND I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, UM, THE CASA GRANDE INTERSECTION AND THEN TRYING TO REMEMBER ALSO THAT CALTRANS IS LOOKING AT LAKEVILLE AS FAR AS LIKE ROU - SO IT'S LIKE THAT WHOLE AREA COULD HAVE A BUNCH OF ROUNDABOUTS IN THEORY EVENTUALLY.
THINK ABOUT IT MORE LIKE AS A SYSTEM OVER TIME, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THAT ONE INTERSECTION FOR THIS GRANT.
IS THAT PART OF THE THINKING HERE AS FAR AS...
YEAH, SO CALTRAN- CALTRANS WILL, UM, THEY'RE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE LOOKING AT A, A ROUNDABOUT FOR THE PINEVIEW WAY INTERSECTION, ENTERING TOWN.
UH, THAT'S THE INTERSECTION THAT WE PARTIALLY CLOSED DOWN FOLLOWING A FATALITY.
UM, BUT, UH, FOR ALL THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS
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ALONG LAKEVILLE, UH, REALLY THE ROUNDABOUT CONCEPTS ARE STILL VERY MUCH CONCEPTS.UM, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING IDENTIFIED TO MOVE ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD.
SO THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE, THOSE WOULD BE MUCH LONGER TERM PROJECTS.
UM, THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A PAVING PROJECT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE IN 2028.
SO THEY'LL BE MAKING, UH, I WOULD SAY RELATIVELY MINOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WITH THAT PAVING...
I MEAN, ACTUALLY THEY WILL BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PROTECTED BIKE LANES, SIDEWALK GAP CLOSURES, UM, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO SOME OF THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, BUT NOTHING TO THE S - NOTHING TO THE SCALE OF A ROUNDABOUT CONVERSION, UM, OTHER THAN AT THE PINEVIEW INTERSECTION.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, UH, INDEPENDENT OF ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON LAKEVILLE, WE THINK, UH, CASA AND SOUTH MCDOWELL IS A TERRIFIC ROUNDABOUT CANDIDATE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE INTERSECTION, UH, THE FACT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LANE REDUCTION ON BOTH STREETS BASED ON VOLUMES AND WITH A LANE REDUCTION, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UH, ROUNDABOUT WILL HELP MANAGE THAT, MANAGE THAT TRAFFIC, UM, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS, SO.
AND THE NEXT MAJOR INTERSECTION AT BAYWOOD IT LOOKS LIKE HAS, SO IT'D BE KIND OF A, FROM A DRIVING EXPERIENCE, LIKE SOMEWHAT - YEAH.
THERE'S A, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE A LOT, YEAH, YOU HAVE THE ONE UP AT BAYWOOD AND MCDOWELL, YOU HAVE ONE AT CASA AND ELI.
UM, SO YEAH, PLENTY OF, UH, UPCOMING ROUNDABOUT AT CAULFIELD ELI, SO.
I GUESS AS PART OF THE GRANT APPLICATION, IS THERE ANY FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR LIKE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS, KNOWING HOW SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE RECEIVED ROUNDABOUTS IN GENERAL IN THE PAST? IS THAT JUST ABOUT LIKE SAFETY STATISTICS AND LONG-TERM COSTS, THINGS LIKE THAT? IS THAT - I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO, TO DO THAT INDEPENDENT OF GRANT FUNDING.
UM, SORRY, THAT WAS THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.
UM, THIS IS GENERAL COMMENT, RIGHT? GENERAL COMMENT.
UM, SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS A QUICK REPORT OUT ON, UH, BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY.
I THINK WE HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL, UH, BIKE TRAIN DAY AT MCNAIR.
UM, WAITING FOR THE OFFICIAL COUNT, BUT, UH, HAD A LOT OF KIDS OUT TODAY, SO IT WAS, UM, GREAT AS ALWAYS.
IT'S THE THIRD YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE IT.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK EACH TIME IT GROWS A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, BUT I THINK IT WAS, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BITTERSWEET BECAUSE ALSO, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, THERE WAS A FAMILY, UH, THAT MAYBE SOME OF YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS, UH, THAT WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
UM, BROAD DAYLIGHT, A WHOLE FAMILY CROSSING AT A FOUR-WAY STOP.
UM, AND THANKFULLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE OKAY.
UM, KNOCKED OVER A STROLLER AND DEFINITELY SOME BUMPS AND BRUISES, BUT, UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT, UH, I THINK THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE IMPORTANT AND ALL THE, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, I THINK IS A REALLY IMPORTANT FIRST STEP AND DESERVES THE, THE RECOGNITION AWARD, UH, THAT THE CITY WON FOR THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK ALSO IS LIKE A GOOD FIRST STEP AND, AND THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL HAS STEPPED UP AND ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO DO, UM, TO BE CROSSING GUARDS IN THE MORNINGS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN AROUND CAMPUS TO TRY TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.
UM, SO I, I WASN'T SURE IF ANY OF THAT, UM, IS ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS HERE, BUT TALKING ABOUT DROPPING SPEED LIMITS DURING SCHOOL HOURS, UM, IF THERE'S LIKE TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, IF THAT'S...
I KNOW THERE'S THE CHANGE IN THE LAW THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO, UM, REDUCE SPEED LIMITS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO LIKE A 10 OR 15 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
UM, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT CAME UP, UH, INSTALLING LIKE THE LITTLE FLAGS THAT KIDS CAN GRAB WHEN THEY CROSS THE STREET.
THERE'S, I THINK, SEVEN DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AROUND CAMPUS THAT WE MIGHT, THAT THE PTA MIGHT JUST FUND PUTTING THOSE, UH, FLAGS IN AS LIKE A, SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
SO I THINK THE, THE SCHOOL IS INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE CITY TO SEE WHAT OTHER KIND OF QUICK THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE NOW THAT I, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION MORE AFTER THAT HAPPENED.
UM, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST OUR SCHOOL.
I SAW A NOTE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL WHERE WE HAVE ANOTHER KID THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TOO FAST ON FAIR STREET.
SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY EVERY SCHOOL I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME ISSUES WITH DROP OFF IN PARTICULAR.
UM, SO JUST THINKING ABOUT NOW THAT THIS INITIAL LIKE QUICK BUILD WORK IS DONE, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, MORE, UH, FLASHING BEACONS, UH, REDUCING SPEEDS, WORKING WITH THE PTA TO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THERE'S THINGS THEY COULD DO FUNDING-WISE FOR, UM, LIKE, YEAH, THE, THE CROSSWALK PRO - LIKE THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM, TRYING TO RECRUIT OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST FOLKS IN THE, UM, SCHOOL COMMUNITY DIRECTLY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF AN ACTIVE CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW AT OUR SCHOOL AND I IMAGINE, UM, IS APPLICABLE TO OTHER SCHOOLS
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AROUND TOWN.SO, UM, KIND OF A BITTERSWEET, UM, UH, WEEK HERE, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AT, AT, UH, ALL OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, DAVID.
UH, LET'S SEE, JUST, UH, SORRY, I'M FOLLOWING IN SOMEWHAT POOR FORM.
IT RUNS THROUGH OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO IF IT'S LIKE 25% OF PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN DISTANCE, THEN I THINK THERE'S SOME EXCEPTION.
SO MORE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, BUT ANYWAYS, UM, ON CURRENT COMMENTS, UM, YEAH, I THINK, SORRY, JUST CONTINUING THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF DAVID, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT IS GOING ON COUNTYWIDE ACTUALLY THAT'S RELATES TO KIND OF WALK AUDITS AND THE SAFE, UM, SAFE STREETS TO, TO SCHOOL KIND OF WORK THAT HAS A LOT OF THESE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ROLLED OUT.
SO IN THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, SHORTENING THE, THE CROSSING DISTANCE, FOR INSTANCE, SO HAVING SOME TYPE OF BULB OUTS WOULD REALLY HELP, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A SHORTER DISTANCE, BUT ALSO MAKE DRIVERS AWARE.
UM, SO YEAH, LOTS OF KIND OF INTERESTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE TYPES OF, UM, QUICK BUILD PROJECTS POTENTIALLY.
UH, BUT YEAH, THE OTHER KIND OF BIGGER COMMENT, I GUESS, THAT ALSO RELATES TO SOME COUNTYWIDE WORK IS JUST AROUND VISION ZERO AND HOW, YEAH, THERE'S JUST NOT REALLY VISION ZERO, THE IDEA BEING THAT I THINK WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO COUNTYWIDE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BY 2030, WE HAVE ZERO FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON OUR ROADWAYS.
UH, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT VISION ZERO IS, THE AVERAGE PERSON.
UM, IT'S, BUT IT'S, YEAH, SOMETHING WE ALL, YOU KNOW, WISH FOR AND, AND WANT FOR EVERY TIME WE HEAR THESE, UM, UNFORTUNATE REALIZATIONS OF, OF OUR, OF OUR ROADWAYS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT COUNTYWIDE IS TRYING TO LOOK AT, UH, MORE, MORE DATA, BUT HOPEFULLY USING DATA FOR
SO IN THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TRY TO TAKE THAT ARE RELATED TO, UM, UH, KIND OF EDUCATION, MAKING SAFE STREETS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE TAKING A FIRST CRACK AT DEVELOPING A FEW OF THESE METRICS IN, IN AN ONLINE TOOL THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF AND WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
SO THE FIRST ONES, AND THERE'S NOTHING AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M HOPING IN THE NEXT, UH, MONTH OR SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.
UH, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, RIGHT NOW, KIND OF EASY ONES ARE LOOKING AT RESPONSIBLE BEVERAGE SERVICE, WHICH IS MANDATED, BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP BETTER TRACK AND MAKE CONNECTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME CORRELATION BETWEEN WHERE ANOTHER SEPARATE, UM, METRIC IS, WOULD BE DUIS.
SO WHERE THOSE DUIS ARE REPORTED AND KIND OF IDENTIFYING THOSE.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO LOOKING AT ONE THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO TRACK, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR KIND OF MORE OF THE GROUP THINK THAT IS AROUND, UM, UH, EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS AROUND, UH, STREET SAFETY.
SO THAT COULD BE LIKE PETALUMA'S SAFE STREETS FOR ALL WORK WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE EDUCATIONAL, UM, EFFORTS, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE SOMETHING LIKE IN SCHOOLS WHERE THEY DO SOME MORE SPECIFIC EDUCATION.
UM, THE OTHER ONES THAT I THINK ARE KIND OF OUR LOW HANGING FRUIT, UM, JUST TO LIST THEM OFF REAL QUICK, THAT WE'RE GONNA, ONCE WE KIND OF TEST OUT OUR, OUR DASHBOARD/STORY MAP, UM, WE'LL BE INCLUDING, UM, LOWERING WHERE OUR EFFORTS ARE TO LOWER SPEED LIMITS TO 25 MILES AN HOUR, UM, PROMOTING ALTERNATIVES TO IMPAIRED DRIVING, UH, ATTENDANCE IN DUI PROGRAMS, HOURS OF NIGHTTIME PUBLIC TRANSPORT, UH, S - THE SCHOOLS EN- ENROLLED IN THE, UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.
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UH, CIVIC PARTNERS PLEDGING SUPPORTS TO VISION ZERO.SO I THINK THAT'S MAYBE KIND OF BUILDS OFF THAT EARLIER COMMENT.
CAN WE REALLY MAKE VISION ZERO MORE, UM, MORE OF A COMMON UNDERSTANDING ACROSS OUR, UM, POPULATION? UM, SORRY FOR THE LIST.
UM, JURISDICTIONS, JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE ADOPTED THEIR LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN.
UH, THIS NEXT ONE IS EXCITING, BUT IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HARD TO FINALIZE, BUT THE COUNTY IS, WILL BE, UH, FINALIZING THEIR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN SOON.
SO IT'LL BE TRACKING KIND OF THE MILES OF NEW AND UPGRADED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN, UH, FACILITIES.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE, THE FACILITIES WE HAVE IN OUR ATP.
SO WE'LL I- IDEALLY BE ABLE TO KEEP AN UPDATED MAP OF THAT.
SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT I HAVE AN UPDATE FOR MY PARTNERS SOON ON THE JURI - UM, UH, UPDATING THE STREET STANDARDS.
SO WHICH STREET, WHICH JURISDICTIONS HAVE UPDATED STREET STANDARDS.
SO I KNOW THAT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE ITEM THAT, UM, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO OUR OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THAT TO HOPEFULLY PUT A PIN IN THAT AND COME BACK TO EVERYBODY SO WE CAN INCLUDE PETALUMA ON THIS LIST.
UH, MODE SHARE AND NON-AUTO MODES AND VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF TRACKING TRANSIT AND BIKING AND WALKING.
UM, HEALTH DATA, KIND OF LOOKING AT HOSPITAL CRASH DATA.
WE'VE RECEIVED SOME DATA FROM, FROM PROVIDENCE, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF THE MAIN TRAUMA HOSPITAL.
SO, UH, WE CAN START TO MAP THAT AND SEE SOME CORRELATION.
AND THEN, UH, LET'S SEE TWO MORE, WHICH ARE BASICALLY JUST INTEGRATING REGIONAL STATE DATA AND THEN UPDATING OUR VISION ZERO KIND OF ANNUALLY, WHICH WAS MAINLY SAYS THAT LONG LIST AND THERE'S EVEN A LONGER LIST THAN THAT, BUT THAT WE KEEP ALL OF THIS DATA UPDATED ANNUALLY.
SO WE HOPE TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO USE THIS AS A, AS A MODEL FOR JUST OTHER FOLKS INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT TAKES TO REACH A VISION ZERO, DIFFERENT PEOPLE ACROSS KIND OF THE SPECTRUM, UM, AND HAVE SOME TYPE OF BENCHMARKS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND, AND HOPEFULLY BRING SOME OF THIS DATA, LIKE I SAID, TO KIND OF ACTION.
HOW CAN WE GET THE, THE BULB OUTS AT THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES AND, AND EVERYTHING.
BUT YEAH, BJORN'S GOT LIMITED DOLLARS, SO, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN MAKE THIS DATE AVAILABLE AND MAKE IT ACTIONABLE AND HE CAN REPORT TO FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL, UM, GRANTS WITH NEW INSIGHTS OF HOW THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZE AND REDUCE IMPACTS FROM, UH, CRASHES ON THE ROADWAY, THEN I THINK IDEALLY WE CAN MAKE A LITTLE MORE PROGRESS.
SO, UM, AS WELL AS, YEAH, OTHER COUNTY, OTHER CITIES AND, UH, COUNTY, UH, OF SONOMA.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY VERY LONG UPDATE, BUT YEAH, HOPEFULLY RELEVANT FOR EVERYONE AND YEAH, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.
I'LL MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT AND, UM, IDEALLY DO A PRESENTATION, UM, MAYBE EVEN SHORTER THAN THIS LIST THAT I JUST DID.
CAN I, CAN I ASK, IS THAT SOMETHING, UH, ONCE THE, THE DASHBOARD IS, UM, UH, PUBLISHED, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, WILL THERE BE ANY SNAPSHOTS THAT MIGHT BE PEDAL IN A SPECIFIC, UH, AS PART OF THAT OR - ABSOLUTELY.
NO, THERE, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT IS TO, YEAH, BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, YEAH, CITYWIDE RESULTS FOR, YEAH, THESE THINGS.
SOME THINGS, DEPENDING ON THE DATA, MIGHT BE EVEN HAVE TO BE SPLICED COUNTYWIDE OR - YEAH.
BUT IDEALLY, WE CAN DO SOME TYPE OF SAY, I WANNA REPORT FOR, YEAH, MY JURISDICTION AND - COOL.
THEN BE ABLE TO HAVE EITHER A VISUAL OR A PDF, UM, THAT'S ON THERE, SO.
AND THEN THE ONE OTHER KIND OF TR- TRAVEL RELATED PROJECT JUST TO UPDATE YOU IS THAT WE'RE, UH, CLOSE TO FINALIZING A CONTRACT TO, UH, UPDATE OUR TRAVEL BEHAVIOR STUDY AS WELL AS OUR TRAVEL, UM, TRAVEL MODEL.
UH, BUT THE TRAVEL BEHAVIOR STUDY IS EXCITING BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE USE, AGAIN, UH, KIND OF BIG DATA ESSENTIALLY THAT IS MORE LIMITED WITH A LOT OF THE PRIVACY LAWS THAT HAVE COME INTO PLACE FOR HOW YOU TRACK YOUR PHONE.
SO, UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW ARE PEOPLE MOVING AROUND, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, WITH THE PROGRESSION OF, AND THE REFINEMENT OF THE DATA, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, CAN WE SPLICE OUT PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE TRANSIT USE FROM SOME OF THESE? UM, PREVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN KIND OF AT THE CITYWIDE SCALE ALSO, BUT WE'RE LOOKING INTO
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TRYING TO, AGAIN, REFINE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE MAYBE KIND OF TO THE CENSUS TRACK LEVEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.WE'LL HAVE TO SEE THE, THE DATA'S THERE WITH ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS WITH BUDGET AND ALL THAT, SO, AND STUFF.
SO THERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE, UH, THAT I THINK S - UH, NAPA COUNTY HAS DONE WHERE THERE'S A KIND OF A REALLY SLICK DASHBOARD WHERE YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PASSING THROUGH, WHERE DO PEOPLE GO WHEN THEY'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, IN PETALUMA, WHERE DO THEY LEAVE AND TO GO HOME TO? UM, SO A LOT OF RICH INFORMATION THAT CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP, I THINK, PLAN SOME OF THESE, UM, UH, YEAH, QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE WRESTLING WITH.
UM, SO YEAH, AGAIN, THAT'LL BE IN THE NEXT, PROBABLY MORE OF LIKE A YEAR OR SO OUT, BUT, UH, THERE'LL BE SOME GOOD WORK, UM, IN THE MEANTIME GETTING TO THAT.
UM, I'LL, I'LL START WITH THE GOOD NEWS.
UH, JUST ANECDOTALLY ON MY ROUTES, I'VE NOTICED, UH, QUITE A FEW MORE KIDS AND FAMILIES, UH, RIDING THEIR BIKES AROUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS EITHER.
I SEE THAT, UM, AS, UH, INDICATIVE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH EDUCATION STUFF LIKE BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY, WHICH, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST ON BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY, BUT JUST GENERALLY, UH, AND THEN ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES IT LOOK MORE FRIENDLY, UH, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ANY SAFER.
UM, SO I, I, I WANTED TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
I, I WAVE AND SMILE TO THE PEOPLE WHO, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THE SAME ROUTE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
AND, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY NOTICEABLE JUST IN THIS, THIS, THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN PARTICULAR.
UM, TOUCHING THOUGH ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T JUST THE CLOSE CALL LAST WEEK WITH THE FAMILY GETTING HIT.
UH, I THINK THERE WERE NO FEWER THAN THREE, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE, UH, CAUSED DEATHS IN SONOMA COUNTY LAST WEEK ALONE, UM, AT LEAST, UM, THAT I READ ABOUT.
AND, LIKE,
IDEA THAT'S BEEN CIRCULATING IN MY HEAD FOR A WHILE, UM, THAT COULD MAYBE BE USED AS A, AS A PILOT THING WOULD BE IF SCHOOLS COULD, UM, GET A PERMIT, SIMILAR TO IF YOU HAVE A, LIKE AN EVENT, UM, I REMEMBER DOING THIS, UH, WELL, PEOPLE ON OUR BLOCK DOING IT AS A KID SHUTTING DOWN THE STREET FOR A BLOCK PARTY, IF SCHOOLS COULD, AT THEIR ELECTION, CLOSE DOWN THE BLOCK IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE 30 MINUTES, 60 MINUTES AROUND, DROP OFF AND PICK UP, UM, JUST LIKE FROM CROSSWALK TO CROSSWALK AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, CARS CANNOT COME INTO THIS AREA, JUST MOVE OUT.
I THINK CAR LINE IS A, UM, AN ILL UPON OUR SOCIETY, UH, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL GONNA DRIVE TO SCHOOL, BUT JUST PUSH IT OUT, MAKE MORE SPACE, UM, SO THAT IT'S NOT SO CONGESTED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW AS, AS YOU GO, YOU KNOW, UP TO THAT, YOU KNOW, BELL, IT JUST GETS EXPONENTIALLY WORSE WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE LATE AND MAKING WORSE AND WORSE DECISIONS AND THESE CLOSE CALLS ARE GONNA TURN INTO A, A NOT CLOSE CALL.
UM, AND LET'S, UH, LET'S NOT WAIT FOR AN ACTUAL MARTYR, UM, TO PUT UP ON THE POSTER BOARD.
UH, SO I, YOU KNOW, A PILOT PROGRAM OF THE CITY ALREADY HAS PROCESS, I BELIEVE, FOR THIS KIND OF, UH, USE PERMIT.
UM, THERE MIGHT BE A SCHOOL THAT WOULD TRY IT OUT FOR A MONTH OR SOMETHING AND, YOU KNOW,
AND I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME INERTIA ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOME MOMENTUM.
UM, I NOTICED, UH, UH, I REALLY LIKE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, LIKE, UH, DOWN LAKEVILLE AND A, A FEW OTHER PLACES WITH, UM, SOME PROTECTED LANES.
WE STARTED PUTTING IN PLASTIC BOLLARDS THOUGH, AND I WAS HOPING WE COULD NOT
UM, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I PREFER RAINIER, WE'VE GOT ACTUAL CURBS, UM, AND I REMEMBER ACTUAL CURBS WHEN I RIDE MY BIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM FOURTH GRADE, FIF GRADE, SIXTH STRAIGHT CHERRY VALLEY.
UM, SO HAVING SOMETHING THAT'LL ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN A CAR, UM, YOU KNOW, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY START TO NOT PAY ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE THEIR RIMS, UM, YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE A CONSEQUENCE THAT'S NOT JUST AN OOPSIES, UM, BECAUSE THEY'LL JUST GO RIGHT OVER THOSE BOLLARDS AND SAY, "OOPSIES." UM, IT'S JUST, YEAH.
AND THEN IT, IT TURNS INTO PLASTIC TRASH
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY HAS TO MAINTAIN.
I'M SURE IT'S CHEAPER THAN PUTTING IN ACTUAL, UH, VERTICAL, UH, FIRM ELEMENT, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPEDIMENT IS.
I'M SURE WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT HERE, BUT, UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO NOT SEE THOSE PLASTIC BOLLARDS.
UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST.
UM, AND LASTLY, THE STREET DECORATIONS, I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR LAST MEETING, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE THEY'VE BEEN PUT IN, BUT IN FRONT OF, UM, LOMA VISTA, WHERE I SEE ALL THE TIME, IT'S REALLY COOL.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, GONNA GET DIRTY AND, AND UGLY.
I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THAT THROUGH MY NETWORK.
IT JUST SORT OF HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING
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OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AS PART OF THE, UM, ALL THE RE-STRIPING AND STUFF.I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN, UH, GO AROUND IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOLS.
THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL LITTLE DECORATIONS THAT ARE AT LEAST THE ONE I'M FAMILIAR WITH.
IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE SCHOOL THERE.
THEY USE THE, THE BEARS, THE MASCOT OF THE SCHOOL.
SO I HOPE THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED AT OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY, MAYBE I JUST WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION, DIDN'T SEE ANY NEWS ITEMS ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING, BUT I THINK IT REALLY ADDS TO THE, UM, THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, MAKES IT KIND OF MORE FUN.
SAY A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THOSE.
THERE'S LIKE LITTLE SCENES OF BEARS AND STUFF.
IT'S THE SAME KIND OF PAINT THEY USE FOR, FOR STRIPING STUFF.
THAT WAS A, YEAH, THAT WAS A BLUE ZONES PETALUMA PROJECT.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A ROLE.
OUR ONLY ROLE IN IT WAS, UM, BASICALLY AUTHORIZING THE WORK AND THEN DOING A WEEKEND STREET CLOSURE, UH, THAT ENABLED THEM TO DO IT.
BUT, UM, THEY, THEY DID ALL THAT.
I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY ONGOING BUDGET BECAUSE THAT
UM, AND IT'S, YEAH, PUBLIC ART.
SO, UH, THAT'S A, WANNA END ON A POSITIVE NOTE.THAT'S THE LAST OF MY, UH, COMMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, IF I CAN GET MY PHONE TO TURN ON.
OH,
OH, I SKIPPED OVER YOUR STAFF.
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COMMENT.I'LL, I CAN JUST QUICKLY ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS TOO THAT CAME UP IN COMMITTEE COMMENT.
UM, I THINK, UH, DAVID, YOU RAISED SOME, SOME INTERESTING IDEAS AROUND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE, THE NEXT PHASE OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UM, OR AT LEAST, UH, OR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TASK FORCE, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ATTENDED OUR, OUR KICKOFF MEETING, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED.
UH, IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE FORMAT OF OUR PREVIOUS TASK FORCE MEETINGS.
THOSE WERE ALL REALLY FOCUSED KIND OF SITE SPECIFIC ON, UM, ON DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AFTER WE'D DONE SAFETY AUDITS.
UM, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE ALL THE AUDITS NOW, UH, AND WE'VE, WE'VE COMPLETED SORT OF THE FIRST ROUND OF SCHOOL AREA QUICK BUILD IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO FEEDBACK ON, LIKE, WHAT'S THE NEXT, UM, HOW DO WE WANT TO, UH, ENGAGE THE TASK FORCE FOR THE 2026, 27 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND? UM, WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A REALLY CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO FOR THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
UM, NOW I THINK, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO IDEAS.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDES FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM PBAC, FROM THE S - THE SCHOOL, UH, FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A REAL, THERE'S BEEN A REAL PUSH AND FOCUS ON THE E-BIKE EMOTO SITUATION THAT WAS, THAT TOOK UP A BIG CHUNK OF OUR, TOOK UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR, UH, KICKOFF MEETING, UH, IN AUGUST.
SO, UM, YEAH, I GUESS JUST, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND.
LET ME KNOW, UH, ESPECIALLY AT YOUR, YOUR DIFFERENT, UM, THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT YOU'RE A PART OF WHAT YOU THINK WOULD BE A, WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF EVERYONE'S TIME.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ONE ON THE SCHEDULE YET, SO, UH, YEAH, GOOD.
I'LL, I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH CHRISTINA PANZA AND WE'LL START KIND OF BRAINSTORMING IDEAS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE CALENDAR.
I THINK WE WERE, WE WERE, FOR THIS YEAR, WE WERE THINKING PROBABLY QUARTERLY AS OPPOSED TO MONTHLY.
UM, BUT THAT CAN, THAT'S ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
UM, THE GOOD POINT ABOUT THE DELINEATORS ON LAKEVILLE AGREE THAT THOSE ARE NOT OUR PREFERENCE FOR PROTECTED BIKE LANES, BUT, UM, THAT WAS REALLY JUST A, A BUDGET CONSTRAINED DECISION.
SO, UH, WE HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE, GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR, UH, TH- THOSE BIKE LANES ON LAKEVILLE, NOT ENOUGH TO DO A CURB, UM, ENOUGH TO GET SOME DELINEATORS FOR A COUPLE THOUSAND BUCKS.
BUT, UH, IN THE FUTURE THOUGH, YES, IF WE, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE'RE PAVING LAKEVILLE OR, UH, CAN FIND SOME MORE MONEY, THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
UM, AND WE WILL, YOU'LL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO SEE THE DELINEATORS ON STREETS WHERE WE ARE ABLE, WHERE WE HAVE ROOM TO DO PROTECTED BIKE LANES, BUT DON'T HAVE, WHERE THE FUNDING ISN'T GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING MORE ROBUST.
UM, I THINK THOSE WERE MY NOTES TO, THAT I, THINGS I COULD RESPOND TO.
UM, AND THEN JUST SOME QUICK UPDATES FROM US.
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SCREEN.UH, DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH, BUT, UM, JUST MAY HAVE SEEN THAT THE CITY WON THE HELEN PUTNAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE, UH, A STATEWIDE AWARD GIVEN BY, UM, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES NAMED AFTER OUR FIRST, UM, UH, FEMALE MAYOR.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD WE WON IN THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, CATEGORY OR TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY FOR OUR SAFE ROUTES SCHOOL TASK FORCE.
UM, SO THIS IS THE, UM, THE TWO YEAR, UH, EFFORT TO DO A SAFETY AUDIT, HOLD TASK FORCE MEETINGS, AND IMPLEMENT QUICK BUILD PROJECTS AT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC TK THROUGH 12, UM, CAMPUSES.
UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S, I'LL, I'LL SEND THIS OUT OR WE'LL GET IT, UH, ADDED TO THE PACKET, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE SHORT 45 OR SECOND VIDEO, UM, AND I LINKED A COUPLE ART - AN ARTICLE AND A PRESS RELEASE.
UM, AND I THINK I SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR, UM, OUR BIKE MAP HAS BEEN UPDATED.
IT'S NOW GOT THE CONTENTS OF THE NEW, UM, OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I'LL SWITCH MY SCREEN SHARE HERE SO THAT I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO USE THIS.
SO THE LINK IS CITYOPETALUMA.ORG/BIKEMAP.
IT'LL REDIRECT YOU TO THIS PAGE.
UH, ONCE IT OPENS UP, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF LINES BECAUSE OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS VERY AMBITIOUS IN HOW ROBUST OF A NETWORK WE WANT TO, UH, BUILD OUT.
YOU CAN TOGGLE LAYERS ON AND OFF.
SO IF YOU COME OVER HERE, SORRY, LET ME, THERE'S A WAY I CAN KINDA ZOOM IN THERE SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE LEGEND.
UM, SO YOU CAN TOGGLE THESE LAYERS ON AND OFF TO KIND OF SIMPLIFY THINGS.
SO IF YOU WANNA TURN OFF THE PROPOSED ROUTES AND JUST LOOK AT EXISTING, UH, YOU HIT THAT, KINDA ZOOM OUT, YOU'LL SEE HOW THE NETWORK SIMPLIFIES, UM, OR YOU CAN LOOK AT IT ALL IN ONE SNAPSHOT.
THE PROPOSED LAYER IS, IS ON TOP OF THE EXISTING LAYER.
SO THERE ARE STREETS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE YOU'LL SEE LIKE AN EXISTING LINE UNDERNEATH LIKE A LOT OF, A LOT OF THESE YOU'LL SEE AN EXISTING CLASS TWO UNDERNEATH A PROPOSED CLASS FOUR.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, AND REFERENCE WHENEVER YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE BUILD OUT OF OUR NETWORK.
MAYBE NOT THE BEST TOOL FOR NAVIGATING RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING I WANNA DO IS ADD A LAYER FOR, UM, ALL AGES AND ABILITIES FACILITIES SO THAT THERE COULD BE A THIRD VIEW, UM, WHERE MAYBE INSTEAD OF SEEING ALL THE EXISTING ROUTES, YOU'D SEE THE EXISTING ROUTES THAT MEET ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, UM, CRITERIA.
SO THAT'LL BE, STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
HOPEFULLY GET THAT DONE RELATIVELY SOON.
UM, AND GOING BACK TO MY POWERPOINT HERE.
UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, SB 1167 WAS SIGNED INTO LAW.
THIS IN A NUTSHELL WILL, UH, PUT GREATER RESTRICTION ON HOW E-BIKES AND EMOTOS ARE MARKETED.
RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF E-MOTOS HAVE BEEN MARKETED AS E-BIKES AND HAVE FOOLED CONSUMERS AND ESPECIALLY PARENTS
UM, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S, THIS WAS REALLY, THIS WAS WIDELY ENDORSED BY, UM, CALBIKE, PEOPLE4BIKES, UM, BIKE ADVOCATES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AS, AS A, JUST A COMMON SENSE MEASURE TO HOPE- HOPEFULLY HELP START TO WEED OUT, UH, THE, WHAT REALLY, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, IS NOT AN E-BIKE ISSUE, IT'S AN EMOTO ISSUE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO, UH, PURCHASE E-BIKES AND, AND MAKE SMART DECISIONS AROUND WHAT THEY'RE BUYING FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR THEIR KIDS.
AND YOU CAN READ A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.
I'VE GOT A LINK HERE, UM, FROM CALBIKE.
THE EAST SIDE PATHWAY NOM - NAMING NOMINATION WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL, UH, NOVEMBER 9TH.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, OF INTEREST.
AND THEN JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK REFRESHER ON EVERYTHING WE ARE WORKING ON.
SO, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK SUBMITTED A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE RIVER TRAIL US 101 RAIL UNDER CROSSINGS PROJECT,
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UM, LINKING THE RIVERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE PETALMAN MARINA.AND, UH, THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY PROJECT IN OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, WE ALSO SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION EARLIER THIS YEAR TO THE STATEWIDE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
SO FINGERS CROSSED THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE IS SUCCESSFUL.
UH, IN PROGRESS, WE HAVE THE EAST WASHINGTON CORRIDOR STUDY THAT I JUST MENTIONED OR THAT WE TALKED, TOUCHED ON EARLIER THIS WEEK, OR THE, EARLIER THIS MEETING, EXCUSE ME.
UM, OUR, UH, DEB FOX IN OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING, UH, WORKING
UH, THAT'S ENVISIONED AS ONE OF OUR NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
AND WE'RE REALLY, THROUGH THIS GRANT APPLICATION, TRYING TO PUT THE GREEN IN GREENWAY BY INTRODUCING, UM, STREET TREES, BIOSWALES, ET CETERA, UH, AS PART OF THAT CORRIDOR.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE HSIP IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ALSO TOUCHED ON EARLIER IN, IN THIS MEETING.
UM, FOR PLANS AND STUDIES, WE'VE GOT TWO IN PROGRESS.
THE LAKEVILLE CORRIDOR STUDY IS WRAPPING UP.
THAT'LL PROBABLY BE GOING TO COUNCIL FOR A, UM, BASICALLY A FINAL REVIEW, UH, BEFORE IT IS COMPLETELY FINALIZED, UH, IN EARLY 2027.
AND THEN I RECENTLY KICKED OFF, UH, WE HAVE A CONSULTANT NOW WORKING ON THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION ACCESS AND CIRCULATION PLAN UPDATE.
THIS IS LOOKING AT, PRIMARILY AT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY TO THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION AND ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL, UM, UH, UH, RE-IMAGINING OR RECONFIGURING THE COPELAND TRANSIT MALL TO MOVE IT CLOSER TO THE DOWNTOWN SMART STATION.
UH, RIGHT NOW, THAT AREA IS JUST, IT'S A MESS, RIGHT? IT'S THE MOST CONGESTED BLOCK IN THE CITY.
AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A ONE-WAY TRANSIT MALL, NO MATTER WHERE THOSE BUSES ARE COMING FROM OR GOING TO, THEY ARE CIRCLING THE SINGLE MOST CONGESTED BLOCK IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST THE RIDER AMENITIES AT COPELAND ARE LACKING, UH, COMPARED TO THE SMART STATION, RIGHT? THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE ROOM THERE.
YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT A KISS AND RIDE, YOU'VE GOT BATHROOMS, YOU'VE GOT BIKE LOCKERS, YOU'VE GOT THE POTENTIAL FOR A CAFE OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST MORE SPACE AVAILABLE THERE.
UM, SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE, WE'RE ENGAGING SMART AND OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES ON POTENTIALLY, UH, ON JUST, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN, UM, CREATE A BETTER TRANSIT RIDER EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND I DIDN'T MENTION THE TRANSFERS RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO.
IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND FOOT WALK RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE TWO.
WE'LL PROBABLY HOLD A JOINT MEETING OF PBAC AND THE TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AND WE'LL COME TO YOU GUYS WITH SOME CONCEPTS AND, AND GET FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT AREA.
UM, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO WE HAVE THE SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS.
THOSE WILL BE, UH, BREAKING GROUND SOON, AND THAT'LL, THOSE WILL PROBABLY MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT A CONTRACTOR WORKING, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN A LOT OF CONCRETE WORK DOWNTOWN.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE DOWNTOWN COMPLETELY ADA COMPLIANT, UM, IN EARLY 2027.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING RIGHT UP UNTIL ABOUT THANKSGIVING, AND THEN WE HAVE A SORT OF AN INFORMAL MORATORIUM WHERE WE DON'T WANNA, UH, DISRUPT DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, UM, BUT SHOULD BE COMPLETE WITH ALL THE SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND CURB RAMP UPGRADES, UH, DOWNTOWN IN EARLY 27.
SO THAT'S BEEN A, A, A LENGTH, A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BEING COMPLETED.
UP NEXT, UH, WE HAVE THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S GOING OUT TO BID SHORTLY.
UM, SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG, UH, NORTH MCDOWELL AND CORONA NEAR THE PETALUMA NORTH SMART STATION.
THOSE WILL BE HOPEFULLY UNDERWAY NEXT SPRING AND SUMMER.
UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WAYFINDING, HOWARD STREET PAVING, CAULFIELD LANE PAVING, UM, AND THEN D STREET, UH, UTILITY AND PAVING FOLLOWING IN 2028.
AND THEN LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR MINOR KIND OF SMALLER SCALE, UH, PROJECTS, WHETHER THOSE ARE SLUR - PART OF SLURRY SEALS, QUICK BUILDS, OR CONCRETE, MINOR CONCRETE PROJECTS.
UM, THE, THE REALLY BIG ONE FOR 2027 WILL BE RECONFIGURATION OF ELI BOULEVARD SOUTH FROM WASHINGTON TO FREIGHTS.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, ROOM FOR BIKE LANES ON D STREET FROM THE BOULEVARD TO COPELAND, THAT'LL BE SLURRIED.
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MAY SURPRISE YOU.WE ALSO HAVE ROOM FOR BIKE LANES ON EAST WASHINGTON FROM THE BOULEVARD TO LAKEVILLE.
SO THOSE WILL BE GOING IN, UH, IN 2027 AFTER THAT GETS SLURRY SEALED.
WE'LL BE DOING PILGRIM BOULEVARD NORTH, UM, A PRETTY LENGTHY STRETCH.
FROM LAKEVILLE ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTLETS.
UH, AT FIRST GLANCE, WE DON'T HAVE ROOM WITHOUT A LANE REDUCTION, UM, ON THE BOULEVARD FOR BIKE LANES, UM, BETWEEN LAKEVILLE AND SHASTA AND SYCAMORE.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE, WE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE ROOM, UH, NORTH OF SHASTA AND SYCAMORE.
SO, UH, OUT THERE WE'LL BE, UM, NARROWING THE LANES AND ADDING BUFFERED BIKE LANES.
AND THEN THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS ON KEOKUK FROM EAST WASHINGTON TO MAGNOLIA.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, THIS, THIS SLIDE I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO JUST BRING ALL OF THESE PROJECTS TO PBAC, UM, PROBABLY NEXT MONTH, UH, WITH SOME CROSS SECTIONS AND, AND GET SOME FEEDBACK BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO, A LOT TO LOOK AT HERE.
UH, FOR QUICK, QUICK BUILD PROJECTS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SLURRY SEALS, WE'VE GOT, UM, BAYWOOD FROM SOUTH MCDOWELL TO LOUISE.
THAT'LL BE A NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY TYPE, UH, PROJECT.
THAT'S A, A RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF BAYWOOD THAT IS NOT VERY WIDE, UM, BUT IT IS LOWER VOLUME, SO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME TRAFFIC CALMING.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, SIMILAR IMPROVEMENTS ENVISIONED ON CRANNELLA, FULL LENGTH OF CRUNELLA FROM MCGREGOR TO CASA, THAT'LL MAKE A REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY CORRIDOR.
UM, AND THEN LIKEWISE ON PARK LANE FROM MCGREGOR TO CAULFIELD.
AND THEN LASTLY IN THAT C- CATEGORY IS A PATHWAY, QUICK OLD, QUICK BUILD PATHWAY THROUGH THE FAIRGROUNDS PARKING LOT, UM, CONNECTING PAYRAN TO JOHNSON.
AND THEN FOR MINOR KIND OF CONCRETE PROJECTS, UH, WE'LL BE WIDENING THE SIDEWALK ON NORTH MCDOWELL.
THERE'S A PINCH POINT WHERE, UM, YOU'VE GOT, YOU GO FROM...
WE HAVE THE REALLY WIDE SECTION WITH A COMBINATION OF A MULTI-USE PATHWAY AND A SIDEWALK.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM COMMERCE STREET, IT NARROWS TO A FIVE FOOT, FIVE, FOUR OR FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK.
UM, SO WE'LL BE WIDENING THAT OUT TO CONTINUE THAT MULTI-USE CONDITION.
UM, AND IT'S A PRETTY SHORT SECTION.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER ONE WILL BE PAVING THE EAST SIDE PATHWAY RING TRAIL, WHATEVER IT WILL BE NAMED, UM, FROM SKY RANCH, THE END OF SKY RANCH DRIVE BY THE AIRPORT OVER TO THE, UH, WASHING - OVER TO WASHINGTON CREEK.
THERE'S THAT GRAVELLY SECTION.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME FUNDING TO PAVE THAT.
AND UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS FROM OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THESE ARE NEW.
I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT MAYBE THAT THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM, 2026, SEVEN, 27 CIP AND QUICK BUILD PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY COVER A LOT OF GROUND AND GET A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ON, UM, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS I JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHTED.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THIS LIST? OPEN FLOOR, ANYONE? OKAY.
UH, YOU COULD EMAIL MYSELF OR BJORN IF YOU DO.
UH, AND WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:38.